Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 8, 0806002(2024)

Distributed Refractive Index Sensing Based on Differential Phase in Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry

Peidong Hua, Zhenyang Ding*, Kun Liu, Haohan Guo, Teng Zhang, Sheng Li, Ji Liu, Junfeng Jiang, and Tiegen Liu
Author Affiliations
  • School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education on Optoelectronics Information Technology (Tianjin University), Tianjin Optical Fiber Sensing Engineering Center, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    Peidong Hua, Zhenyang Ding, Kun Liu, Haohan Guo, Teng Zhang, Sheng Li, Ji Liu, Junfeng Jiang, Tiegen Liu. Distributed Refractive Index Sensing Based on Differential Phase in Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(8): 0806002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Dec. 15, 2023

    Accepted: Feb. 5, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 18, 2024

    The Author Email: Ding Zhenyang (zyding@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231941

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